Schooner-4 TIFTON at Cottrell Lumber Company dock in Mystic Conneticut

Schooner-4 TIFTON at Cottrell Lumber Company dock in Mystic Conneticut

Schooner-4 TIFTON at Cottrell Lumber Company dock in Mystic, Conneticut notes: - Coffin labels location as Westerly, R.I. - Cottrell Lumber was large concern in Mystic, where TIFTON was built and owned. - Coffin notes ship built 'crooked' - contemporary newspaper accounts say gound under one side of ways settled, and as result one side was out of plumb. Defects were repaired, lawsuits ensued, and ship went on to have fine career.